Storm reports for May 29, 1997

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On May 29, 1997, 74 hail, 8 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Jeff Davis County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (74)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $124,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (103 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Archer County, TX (near Scotland) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “A roof was blown off a two-story structure and one large tree was downed.”
• Jeff Davis County, TX (near Ft Davis) · Hail 2.75″ · $3,000
  “A hail storm hit the Village Farms Tomato Greenhouse south of Fort Davis. The huge greenhouses total over 83,000 glass panes, but luckily only 500 panes were broken by the hail. Much of the hail was around golfball size, but there was some baseball size.”
• Wichita County, TX (near Wichita Falls) · Thunderstorm wind · $1,000
  “A small metal shed was blown about 75 feet and limbs were blown down.”
• Randall County, TX (near Amarillo) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph
  “Report of a 900 pound object blown into yard. Possible tornado.”
• Custer County, OK (near Thomas) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Severe thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a spotter to be 60 mph.”
• Hutchinson County, TX (near Borger) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “As measured by ASOS weather observation.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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